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Grade 12, College Preparation
C1. The Effects on Individuals: demonstrate an understanding of the impact of norms, roles, and social institutions on individuals throughout the lifespan;
C2. The Effects on Intimate Relationships: demonstrate an understanding of the impact of norms, roles, and social institutions on intimate relationships;
C3. The Effects on Family and Parent-Child Relationships: demonstrate an understanding of factors that can affect decisions about whether to have and how to care for children, and of the impact of norms, roles, and social institutions on family and parent-child relationships.
C1. The Effects on Individuals
C2. The Effects on Intimate Relationships
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Social Sciences and Humanities
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
C1.1 explain ways in which norms, values, and expectations (e.g., cultural and societal norms and expectations, gender expectations, familial values and expectations) influence individual decisions throughout the lifespan (e.g., with regard to educational choices, career choices, choices about sexuality and relationships)
Teacher prompt: “In what ways can familial or cultural expectations influence an individual’s career choices?”
C1.2 explain how multiple roles (e.g., student, volunteer, employee, friend, son/daughter, sibling, caregiver) can create personal conflict
Teacher prompt: “What are some strategies for establishing and maintaining a balance
between your schoolwork, part-time employment, and social life?”
C1.3 explain the impact of social institutions (e.g., the family; the media; educational, religious, economic, and political institutions) on the social­ ization of individuals throughout the lifespan
Teacher prompts: “How do the media con­ tribute to Western consumer values? What impact do these values have on the behaviour of adolescents?” “What are some common age- or gender-related rites or regulations among major religions? How might they affect the behaviour or choices of individuals?”
By the end of this course, students will:
C2.1 explain how social norms and expectations (e.g., cultural and religious norms; expectations of peers, friends, parents) can influence the estab­ lishment and maintenance of healthy intimate relationships
Teacher prompt: “How might norms associated with an extended family affect the development of intimate relationships?”
C2.2 describe mate-selection, courtship, and marriage customs (e.g., arranged and free-choice marriages; use of matchmakers; civil, religious, and tribal marriage ceremonies; polygamy and monogamy) in various cultures, religions,
and historical periods
Teacher prompt: “In what ways are marriage customs in contemporary Ojibwe communities similar to and different from Judaeo-Christian marriage customs?”
C2.3 describe ways in which roles are negotiated in intimate relationships (e.g., with reference to division of labour, patterns of authority)
Teacher prompts: “What are some areas in which intimate partners commonly have to negotiate their roles?” “How might differences between the respective incomes of the two partners affect their roles in an intimate relationship?”
C. THEIMPACTOFNORMS,ROLES, AND INSTITUTIONS
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
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